Cetopsis

Cetopsis
Cetopsis coecutiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Cetopsidae
Subfamily: Cetopsinae
Genus: Cetopsis
Agassiz, 1829
Type species
Silurus coecutiens
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Hemicetopsis Bleeker, 1862
  • Pseudocetopsis Bleeker, 1862
  • Bathycetopsis Lundberg & Rapp Py-Daniel, 1994

Cetopsis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cetopsidae, the whale catfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in South America.